Happy2016everyone!

New Year, New Me, New You!

New Years usually means resolutions and obviously the most common one of all is to ‘Get fit and eat healthy’. But how can we do that when there’s so much food, which isn’t necessarily good for you, all around us, like…PIZZA!

Everyone loves, pizza. You’ll be hardpressed to find someone who says they don’t like pizza. However, we also know it’s unhealthy as s**t! So, if you care about your diet but still want pizza, substitute it instead with “Cauliflower Pizza”!

Gluten free, carb free, great for vegetarians and still hella tasty! Oh and did I mention it’s incredibly cheap to make as well? Check out my recipe and give it a go! Enjoy!

So after doing my previous post on HOW TO: Peel Avocadoes, I had a few peeled and sad-looking avocadoes just sitting around waiting to be made into something and eaten. Therefore, what better to do with them than making my own version of the super easy, super quick and well-known Guacamole!

Pretty much all the guacs you get when you eat out or buy from the shops are mostly always in some sort of sludge form and doesn’t really have much bite or texture to it, apart from something reminiscent of slime?!? So, why not make a chunky and crunchy guac with extra ingredients in it to turn a simple and boring old guac into something amazing. Great to be enjoyed at parties, get togethers or even by yourself. Hope you guys enjoy!

So, I was recently approached by Nuts.com to help them write a blog using Almonds or some sort of almond based product and to also outline the benefits of adding almonds and almond based products into your diet.

Of course, I agreed to do it, I mean what a great opportunity it is. So, here I present to you my ‘Vietnamese inspired Mince and Almond Stuffed Lettuce Rolls’. As always, my personal recipes give the classic recipes a little twist and snazzaroo. And, in this case I took the usual Vietnamese rolls, which uses rice sheets, rice noodles and peanuts, and changed it up a bit for you guys and instead used lettuce, cooked rice and most importantly ‘Almonds’.

So, here is my recipe and also don’t forget to check out the benefits of eating almond and almond-based products and also a great little infographic at the end.

Enjoy! Oh! And for any of you health-a-holics out there, this can be super healthy for you so give it a go!

Like this:

It’s early/mid August, the sun is shining, it’s hot and you want something light to eat and what better than a salad. You can easily get these ingredients from any of your local supermarkets and to top it off it’s dirt cheap….about £1.50 to make 😀

(Preparation time: 20 minutes, Difficulty Level: 2 – Easy)

(Suitable for Vegetarians)

Ingredients:

As usual I don’t provide the specific amount for each ingredient as you may prefer some over others so and again you are the boss of your own food.

Everyone loves bacon, who doesn’t? But sometimes frying it and grilling it can get boring and I’m ashamed to say, it is quite unhealthy. So why not do something different with it and instead make it into a soup.

This dish is incredibly easy to make, tastes amazing (because there’s bacon in it…duh) and most of all it’s actually quite a healthy dish cos we don’t use stock or anything else really. Just 100% natural ingredients.

(Preparation/Cooking time: 30 minutes, Difficulty Level: 2 – Easy)

Ingredients:

Chinese white radish (Looks like a really long white carrot).

Carrots (Can also be a substitute for the Chinese white radish if unable to find any)

I highly doubt any of us students ever get our daily dose of greens inside us. All we do is guzzle down meat by the dozen washed down with lashings of beer. But vege isn’t as daunting as it looks and you can make something we all find boring (inc me ;D) into something tasty.

Broccoli soup is packed with nutrients, actually a lot tastier than it sounds and it’s ruddy simple to make as well.